Adjustable tire-splicer



(No Model.) A. K. STONE.

ADJUSTABLE TIRE SPLICER. No. 456,169. PtentedJmy 21,1891.

C C C l Wiki/asses: [loven/for NITED STATES ANSON K. STONE, OF PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA.

ADJUSTABLE TlREl-SPLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,169, dated July 21, 1891.

Application tiled December 6, 1890. Serial No. 373,808. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, ANSON K. STONE, of Pine Island, in the county of Goodhue and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Tire- Splicers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementinA adjustable tire-splices; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in th'e claims.

The object of my invention is to so construct the tire that it can be tightened at any time without the necessity of having to cut the tire in the usual manner and to dispense with the tire-bolts which are generally used.

Figure l represents a vertical section of a tire-splice which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the stiffeningplate alone. Fig. 3 shows a modification. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the tire.

A represents the felly, which has a recess made in its outer edge at the point where the tightening of the tire is to take place and in which the stiffening-plate B is placed, the ends of the plate being recessed, as shown, so as to catch over corresponding points or projections on the felly at the ends of the recess in which thestiftening-plate is placed, so as to hold the plate in position and prevent it from having any lateral movement at any time. This plate extends across the joint in the felly and serves to brace and strengthen the telly at this point and prevent any bending or giving from any position. This plate being applied to the outer side of the felly, and the usual felly-plate being applied to its inner side, the felly is as strong at this point as at any other. This stiffening-plate is provided with four longitudinal slots C, through the two outer edges of which the usual tirebolts D are passed. The holes through the felly and through which these bolts pass are made conical, so that the bolts can follow the movementofthetirewhenitisbeing tightened. Upon the tops of the ends of these stiffeningl plates are formed ratchets or teeth F, which engage with corresponding ratchets or teeth Er' upon the inner side of the ends of the tire, and thus prevent anybackward movement of the ends of the tire while it is being tightened. Formed upon the outer side of the stiffening-plate at any suitable point are the two shoulders G', which are cut at a slight angle and behind which the tapering blocks.

or wedges H are made to catch. Formed upon the inner sides of the two ends of the splice are corresponding shoulders I, which are preferably straight, and between these two sets of shoulders blocks or wedges are driven for the purpose of forcing the ends of the splice together. Different widths of blocks or wedges may be used, so that when one ceases to tighten the tire they may be pushed out and wider ones driven into their places. The two ends of the splice are connected by means of a right-and-left-hand screw I', by means of which the ends of the splice are not only held in contact, but may be tightened and loosened at the will of the operator.

In order to connect the ends of the splice rigidly to the stiffening-plate, the short screws J are passed through lthe two inner slots in the plate directly into the splice at its thickened ends. The slots allow the screws to follow the movement of the ends of the splice as lthey are being loosened or tightened.

The two pieces L, which form the splice, are

short pieces of tire, which are welded to the main tire before the tire is applied to the wheel. Formed upon the middle of the inner side of the tire and extending entirely around the wheel is the small V or other shaped flange, which may either be straight or extend back and forth upon the tire, and which ange cuts sufciently into the outer edge of the 'felly to hold the tire in place without the help of the usual tire-bolts used for this purpose.

The tire maybe formed entirelyl separate from the stiffening-plate, or it may be rigidly connected to the plate at one end and then have the other end ofthe tire to entirely overlap the stitfening-plate, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the felly having a suitable recess, a stiffening-plate placed in IOC the recess, the splice, and bolts which are passed th rough the splice, the stiffening-plate, and telly, the screws which secure the ends of the splice to the stiiening-plate, and the screw for connecting the ends of the splice, Substantially as described.

2. The combination of the telly having a :recess and transverse openings, a stiitenngplate having two end and two intermediate longitudinal slots, the splice having openings which register with the transverse openings in the telly, bolts which pass through the splice, stiftening-plate, and the i'elly, and screws which pass through the intermediate openin gs of the stiffening-plateinto the ends of the splice and secure the parts together, substantially as speciiied.

In a device ol' the character described,

the combination ot' the telly having arccess and transverse openings, a stiffening-plate having longitudinal end openings and longitudinal intermediate openings which have their under walls eut away to accommodate the head of a screw, the splice, the bolts which pass through-the splice, the stiifeningplate, and the felly, and screws which pass through the Aintermediate openings from the under side and into the ends of the splice and secure the parts adjustably together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANSON Ii. STONE. Witnesses:

Looms F. inist-i', WILLIAM Riot-rrMAN. 

